Therein fiitdSCLID Argum:nt,whtch
i»ii the [roth i»r ii inic calliiig Dtcin
mutton, never can controvert —On
the I'ubjeCi of an J War, the
rea/oi not the pajfiom of mankind,
ought to be add relied.
Citizen Genet's refptti for the go
vernment of the "beloved" Ameri
cans, and the Officers who adminis
ter it, is itnintntly confticubus in his
ifluing coinmiffions to privateers, in
the United States, Jong before
he had (hewn his credentials as Am
baflador, er was acknowledged as
such.
The Dutch, we understand, ha\ e
the laws liberty, by treaty, to fit
out privateers from the United
States, as the b'rcnch have.
Philadelphia, July 51.
On Saturday iaff came on before
tl.e Circuit Court of the United
States the trial of Gideon HenfieJd,
indicted by the Grand Jury for en
iei ing and fer.ving on board the Ci
tizen Genet French privateer, he be
ing a citizen of the United States.
After the arguments of the Coiinl'el
were heard, viz. Mr. Randolph and
Mr. Pvawle in support of the profie
cution, and Melfrs. Serjeant, Inger
fol and Duponceau for the defend
ant — Ihe Court in their address to
the Jury gave their opinion unani
mously that as the treaties With so
reign powers, conliitute part of the
lav.s of ihe United States, the of
fence described in the indictment
was an infringement not only ps
the laws of nations, but also of the
law sos the United States. Monday
the Jury returned into Court; when
it appeared, that eleven were for a
verdict of acquittal, and one for
finding the defendant guilty. fbe
Court then feparaiely and diftintftly
repealed to the Jury the law—and
required that they should again re
tire, and reconlider their verdict.—
About 7 o'clock in the evening the
Jury brought in a verdiift, not
guilt?. After which the Jury
was difillifled and the Court ad
journed.
Cup J if a Utter to the Mini ft er I Icr.i
'potent'.ary oj TFe T'rench Repulitc,
at Fhiladelphia.from Citizens U'ante
and Dssfourneaiix, the firft oj -whom
is admiiliftrator, and the fieond mili
tary coj/imander at Pvrt-au-rrince j
datf d ths 29if) Jnii:, 1793.
** You. have undoubtedly learnt
before this by tlie arrival of the
ships of the Republic in the differ
ent cities and pons of the conti
nent, and also by that of the mer
chant th>pa under their escort, the
dreadful misfortunes, of which the
Cape has been the theatre ; you
mult have been ft ruck with horror
at (he account ; and we acknow
ledge 1 hat it is difficult to avoid
looking upon it without such a feel
ing. /is we doubt not that the trai
tor Ga'bstud, '..he sole author of so
jnauy rtiijies. lis*, iu order to ex
culpate himfelf, fpi ead calumnies
agaiull the civil commiffioneis, for
the pui pose of giving a final blow
to this unhappy country ; we have
rcafun to fear that he has publicly
aliened that the general enfran
chifeinent of the Haves has been de
creed, that he 'might Ey~thiS calum
ny prevent that aid and fubfillalice
which we should expetft from the
Unised States, and cause all kind
of fhipmenrs to this island to ceale ;
We therefore take the firft oppor
tunity of alluring you that we here
enjoy the 1110 ft perfect tranquility ;
that this city has, since the misfor
tunes of the Cape, been the refuge
of ihe Americans "who had not com
pleted the (ale of their caigoes ;
that they have obtained finni the
plains which surround us produce
with which they arc loaded ; and
iii a word, ihat they have received
,hat support and protection that
,hey had a right to expect."
A correfpoodent dpfires to be informed,
whether the proclamation ofCttizer; PoivereJ
anil Son thorax, as I'uMtJhid in all the paper;
declaring aM tl c bUtk warriors free, is a
forgeiy, or i;o| i
The BritiAi Vi £ate B lton, of 32 guns,
Capt. Coui cnev—- d a tender of ten guns,
ere ennfmg off Sandy Hook. We hear tint
Su ;j:ft Oourtney has sent an invitation to
Cit.z.n Bjmpaid, proraifir* to wait ten days
tor lint.
\ £x?ra£l of a Mf-r fr»*• n a vrtJ'* at Copc-
I'V.mco.., •i'sUti j «»iy o
e< Rfefofc th.;. gets o you no doubt,
have beird of the 'rnubuiutu s (hat havr befallen
tfiis melancholy place—courlc it is umi c< il •»-
ry for me tc> attempt a d.'fen prion ot its piefcnt
fiiuanon. Suffice it however to fay, mat upon
our arrival (the i II inft.) the town had been burn
ing, eight days, after being given up to the plun
der of the negroes. The number of the inhabi
tants who tell a faenftee upon this occasion, is
computed at about Gx thpulajul—in fho-t, we
have witnefled nothing but tfapine and murder ;
the scenes of diflrefs I have observed here, ex
ceed any thing I ever cxpe&ed to have met
with. If the unfortunate people who r< rmin
h*re<fcape minder, it is more than probable,
a pewilcnce will ensue from the fiatr of the dead
bodies, which arc jyin£,in the Arret* of the
town expefed to the weather, and the number ts
evcrv moment mciealmg.
" The merchants who were fortunate enough
to save their Ims, havi all lc!t the plqjce,, so ihat
no pnrchalt'i n mains heie but the Conimiflary ;
he offers to pu-chafe, but acknowledges it is not
in his power to pay until he receives coffee ! rom
Por.t-au- Prince, which is altogether uncVttarn.
" In the mean time at» attack from the Spa
niards (who are within a few leagues) is houtly
expr£tcd. The people at Jercmie arc declared
to be in rebellion, they having rctwfed to pav
tribute to the committal y, so that, in .ill proba
bil'tv, a ferond fecne wiil oe a&ed there.
" Such being the ftaie of things he re, have
th jt proper to proceed to some other part
of the iHand, and I ave obtained penriUri >n to
leave this place. Had we no cargo on board, 1
should immediately take as many p UVjigeis as
the veflTel could cair'y ;• hundreds arc now •'«>-
treating to be taken on board, as raimfliv js if
they were begging for their lives. Wc hav/,
however, been able io take on board but about
thirty."
'
FROM A CORRESPONDENT-
The Little Democ rat iired ar the sloop V,?n
throp, ffoin Boflon, within four mite* c?f the
Hio e, while fiie was lying too with her co
lours hoifled, and nearly hulled the pi l nt boat
that was attending her. She fiied Ave Ihot,
and then ordered the captain to hoi (I out his
boat and come on board him. This,.it is <a.,d
is the fourth instance of her having niftilted
the American flag, and that too, under land
or within the bay. — From hiitifli ana Fiefoh
Privateers andJrom war in every Jhape, Cool Lord
deliver us !
A correfpimdent lias authority to allure the
citizens of the "United State* that the mimfler
of Fiance has heard witV. pain a report, that
a vefTel belonging to the Republic Arnold have
offered violence to an American vtflel. The
minister has given orders that the offence
should be immediately enquired into, and the
captain if found guilty, Ihotild be difpkeed
and punished. He has 1 kewife given perem
tory directions to -ill coiiiiiiand.crs of vefiels in
the service ol the Republic, on the American
station, to pay that attention and refpeft to
the American flag which is due from one ally
to another, and conformable to tlv*
of treaty and friendihip.
At the late fecial feflion cf the Circuit
Court of the United States, an indictment
was found by the grand jury again ft Joseph
Ravara, Consul from the Republic of Genoa
for a misdemeanour. Mr. Ravara by his
Counsel moved to quafli the indictment, as he
contended that the Supreme Court of the
United States pofleffed ext/ujiie juril<Jjdiori cf
tlie cause, on account ol his cbai after as a
(point having been fully argued,
t'e Cou t, delveted their judgment theieon.
Judge Wi I fori ar.d Judge Peters were of opi
nion, that the Circuit Court possessed a jurif
ditftion concurrent with the fupteme court
refpefting Lotjuls, although not refpe&itrg Am
bujjudars. Iredell was of opinion, that
ti.e cause was excluftvelV cognizable in the
Supreme Court of the United States.
The motion was therefore over-ruled, and
the Defendant directed to plead to the in
dictment.
I ABSTRACToj FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE j
received by the so ig Polly, Cupt. Softer, in 63 days
Jrom RockcUc 1 in France.
THE Convention on the to h MayheM their
leflion in thrir new place of meeting, ihe Castle
of the Thuiileries. Die room is an oblong
square, otnamente'd with ihe portraits »f Butus,
iwlon, Lycurgus, Plato, and'others.
Dilvigreeable account* of the of the
Roy alt (is in the department of Poitiei.,, were
communicatcd to the Atfembly this day by a
member just returned from lii.it quarte t-Cam
hon communicated an account ol some fucctcfTes
against the Spaniards on the Frontiers.
May 11. A repoit wzs m.ide to the Conven
tion ol the treachery of Gen. Pet I no, who had
gone over to the Royalties wuh 2500 men, which
he had commanded at Thomrs.—A member
f«nd in the debate, that P. tino was rhc fiift 10
oyou' Huzza fur Louis XVll\ Huzza Jor the
Qj'tcn ! and to join to perfidy, t«jnaucilui, Huzza
jor Jesus Chriji!
'! he Na tonal Convention have granted the
Hononis of the Paothion to Gen. D^mpinre.
Gf n. Biron is appointed 10 command the ar
mics inter.ded to c£t against the rrbcls.
A decrce paiTed the Convention, rcguUtiog
and providing 'ot the School of the Deaf itfya
Duii b in Bourdf uk.
Such ol rht; Ihidtms in the Military S-.hool,
ai are gurify of f ncivilm, th Miniller of War
obtained liberty to fend back to ihcir telaitons.
Paris, May *.3. The on* are busy, with
true patriotic *iai,in compieauog the recruiting;
the poor offer thcmfelvts and the rich open their
purfts ; offices have been en&cd in several of
■ ne public (qua res for the enrollment ol recruits;
several proclamations h«tve been made bv the
beat of the drum and 01 her warlike tnftiuimnu
of music. The carnages and piovih >ris arc rea
dy, ftverJ bodies of regulars have gone off.—
The ritcice which places atl horses employed in
objr£u of luxury at the dtfpofal of the mimfter
ol war is itn&iy executed. Every p eafuie cai
j vige tob rb i> (lopped, and ;h- ho We a ta
ken to me o.<itorial iLiole.s. W-th-nit fcheK- me.a-
Wes it would be impuitibh- 10 itunilh V-•irfe-s
•for our cavalry, at a tfm-t whin oui lntcrcourfe
wilh Iw ign pons is interrupted.
May n» Agreeably ro the orders of the Mi
ll ifter at Wlf, 600 were sent off yester
day to Tours; lor Metz about 36,000 weight of
bullets ; fqr Verfailks 5 esmages of artillery,
gone there to be laden with 150,000 cartridges
torihearmyofVer.de-;.
li istho ,;ht that the rebels are commanded
by and Lambcfc. I; is certain that the
regiment, ci-devant Royal Allemarid, of which
the last mentioned had the command, is among
item ; many loldiers in red arc seen with them ;
they arf Enolift troops.
T&C di'miilion of the Mihifler at War is fpo
kr\ 1J ; ll'Nniharnois and Lafwarlicie fp.-ken
of "i'fijcc-.ed hihn.
We h«ar from Hreft that a French privateer
Ins kfoupV >nto Mor jaix the.Pdllas, fng.ae, from
India, She is the fii It which the EogtitW 100 k
, from us in 1778. This prize is valued at
liv'iefc.
Copvof a letter written by the. Administrates
coijjlitoting ibe Council of the D<? part mem de
la Vendee, Dtflrift of Fonrenay-le-P 11 i>le*,,
Laroche fur-Yon, in an extraordinary feffiori
aflfembled.
Fonti nay-le-P. uple, le 16 May, 1793,
Second year ol the French Republic.
Citizens*
We ha ilea to inform you of a fortunate event.
To-diy the rebels made their appearance before
our -town in conficlerable force, fupportcd by a
large rraiii of artillery. A f ter a cannonade,
which Lifted several hour*, our armv sallied out
lO'ffl Mr hern, and they were repulsed. Their
a'u • )ry, confining of 26 pieces, without fwi~
|fk, \6. was taken. Their p'ovtfions and ain- I
# baggage, a furnace to prepare red-hot I
liaUl ca i.t le, aru} eighty waggons laden with J
snd flour, are fallen into our bands. Our
"V3M guard oui fucd them as far as Iwo leagues.
mm went affords compensation for the lolfes I
. futUined at the a (fruits ol Breffune air? of
anil enables u • to recover what Iris ter
minate fcfrcumlft'itcts obliged us to give up.
We d<* riot mention the number of dead and
wounded of the enemy. On our fide there are
hut few of them, and prifonevs aic biought in
rvcry hour. »
(Sig'nrd)
MASSE, for the Vice-Prefident.
Copy of 9 letter written by Citizen Sandos, Ad
jutant General, Commander of the Army of
Saint Maixel.t, so the Adminilbators of the
D partment of D ux Sevres.
H ad Quarters at Fontenay-le-Peuple,
16 l» of May, fccond year of the
French Republic.
Citizen Admin ijlrators t
The fir ft news I have 10 announce to you, and
which vou are perhaps informed of alieady,
Will ci'llipate. the anxiety which the federates
tnay have caused you for fonie moments. Vic
tory ! Vi&ory ! was the rallying word hope in
spired us to exclaim. To-dav ne were blefTcd
to fee our aident wishes fulfilled—and future
flays will affoid us lull fatisfatlion. We have
ttt&cn an oath to purge France of the brigands
itei- jolutc her, and wc thall not think that ob- I
ircuiton'adquitecf but ou tHai day when not one
of them fiiijll exitt on the furfac.e of the country.
The cavalry headed by the brave Chalbos,
and the infaniry ? under my command, did per
form the duties of lepublicans and warriors, by
bravery as well as dignity of behavipur. Dur
ing the a&ion they (hone forth as heroes, but
wfyen vi£toi iom, they difpiayed all the virtues
of gtnerous men; their countenance frightened
the enemy so much, that f .hey put more confi
dence in their heels than in the thunders of that
Cod they had injured.
It was noon when the rebels made their ap
pearance. At five o'clock they we e defeated.
We took ten puces of cannon, 4& 8 pounders,
bdidcs 14 to 15 of inferior quality. They weie
so perfectly routed, that they were obliged to
relmquifh their ammunition and ptovifi >«i>. —
In a word, the Mod Holy Catholic Holt is re
duced to rccit the Seven Peni!en 1 iary Pialms,
apd nothing is left to them 10 our (abres and
cannon, but Aguces Dei and Crucifixes. Never
the laurels earned by the Heroes ps La Gnonde,
rjf the brave Warriors of Heiaui?, of 1,4 Viennc,
of Deux Sevres, of Deux Charemes, noi those of
the excellent Republicans of La Dordogne, will
decay in the Temple of Fame. In lhort,all in
dividuals, even the new levied recruits, have
contributed to that facrifice, worthy of liberty
outraged. This however is in our opinion but
the fitlt Iteps towards the arduous height of tri
umph.—Fare well.
(Signed) SANDOS,
Adjutant General Commander of Saint
Maixant. __________
Capt. Pcdrick, arrived at Marbhhead, Maf
fachu/eits, left Brest ihe 22d May—The Salem
Gazette informs, that Capi. Pedrick fays—that
he never saw men more determined in the. pur
suit of any obi £1, than the French are to com
plete the revolution. The accounts of the infnr
re&ions ir> Brrtannv, fVie Capt. further lays, are
not wholly unirue; ihey frequently take placc,
excited by obfol 'te nobles and clergymen—but
the numbers of the are comparatively
trifling, and whenever they appear in any force,
are quelied by the National Militia. The moil
dangerous rharafiers amoug the mfurgt*ni'. when
taken, aieguillotined. Capt. Pcdrick saw several
of these executions—among the Was one
•of the former nobility.
While Capt. Pcdrtck was a* Br. ft. there were
*i£arty 40 fail of the line in qoin
p'e ely < quipped, fully manned, and tc-aciy for
failing; their officers are now lach as h-ve rais
ed themf Ives by their bravery a;»G m-ri«, »*id
on whom ihey can depend. 'I heir p; uatcus
have been very fuccefsfui; and a number of
Eoglifti and Duich piizes a: r.vcd at Brtft while
Capt. [\dr.ck was there.
Ail kinds of piovHions were plenty and cheaD
in Fraocc, and men enough lor . vefy urpofc of
peace or war, and in the in- ilit • ;1 >.
Some rccept traftfaftioti*,* •ys a 1 (f^ondco^,
evincc the propriety of the «sd» *e —l hat a wiL
Shephcrd
Should never fct a woH * •
Ami be ;lic£uai«iui of ibe luecj>.
j**s >
The firfi in.u-ili.,ei»ce .ot Hit laiailrophe of
' Cape-I'i «turois was rcqi'ivu .i ill cu) — it v. a*
■hen (X.uf.tcd ihof. ct Wrt«fb« uui«uur.»!c tu
giliv.s would li.'ivc I J v ", lc:u 6 e $* d ,c,l4t '
amoog the citizens of Philadelphia. In conk
quince, 2 numSer of g ntieiucu aduaud by ..he
principles of benevolence look, luc—iujes tor their
reception and acconur>od<:t> l| o. Ik happens utut
the principal pan ot the lutferets aniveu ai Bel
timore —the cuizens or tnut j>i ice have d'.llin
gniftied themfelvs t>y the molt e*'raoitiuUry
exertions, and the ricbeft a£U ol ocncti.cnce and
charity—-their lubienpuoniamount to ft: teea or
twenty thouland dollars; but their &f/ipr !acr»-
ti.ee sow of benevo;er»ct t mult jjcceiUnlv
aiaourv in vj u , u> j m.n h <-' r ''"n. In Igch
a c.uiii. JioW glot ious i> a lp" it ol emulation.
Trie 01 l i zc. of t Ins metfopol'?, relicvHat from
tf>« immediate plclTurc of the weight of the fcur
thetr, wi'i doubticfa jufniy tlw.'n claim to <he
palm ot merit,as a gencrousand benevv>ivni com
munity. Their obligation* are iureiy not di
minished by the eximpic ot iftc Ckizcus of Bal
timore—and, fays our correfponden', it is tx
p<*£ted that :he iu'?lci ipriow ot the Citizens will
very loon amount to Thi kty Dol
lars.
A meeting of the Committees appointed tp
receive will be held ar the Coffee
House To-morrow evening at 8 o'clock*
Mr. Ken no,
IT has been repeatedly observed that the
writers a gain it the adminifti ation ot the ge
neral government, are the old inveterate ene
mies of the comlitutioi) lffeif; this obferva
tian will app'y to the whole of that party
perhaps without excepting an individual.—»
It is vain to expert that these persons will
ever be at peace, »o long as our country is
free and happy-— ! >ut juttue requires that
thsy ihou-d unim.fk.vi. Reading the New-
Yo k Diary lately, 1 find th& foregoing re
marks corroborated by the peso; maot.e of a
1 itub of the above ant'tfederal junto in the
following qqotation—-which the reader will
observe amounts to a proportion for dissolv
ing the government of*the union, and revert
ing again to the dangers, imbecility, distress
and contempt of the year 1786—The wr *er
fays 41 I am firmly of opinio. , that our
security from foreign and domefi c foes, de
pends entirely 011 our Republican habits, and
that the principles of a confederat ion, not. the
absorbing abyis of a monaitluul form, under
the garb of republican i.lm, will keep
us free ; nor is it in the excise lclieir ts < 1 a
financier, or the Pruflun militia plan ot a
Secretary at war : but it is in the virtue, the
knowledge, the liberty, and the courage of
the people, under the State governments, that
\ye are to look for the props of freedom."
A q,U£RY,
WHAT punifhc tnt can and ought to be in
flicted on a Man, if Cut h an one thoe be, who
holding an office of importance, prollitutes that
office 10 the purposes ot Party; and theieby ha
zards the pcacf,. happincfk and his
country—yet does it in a way that keeps him
out of reach of the *rm of the Law ?
A Citizen of the Unitsd Stat i j.
Died, «t New. Havei., oil the tvening of the
23d in 11. Hon. Roger Sherman, Senator of
the United Slates for thv Slate o! Connecticut—
a uniform patriot aid good man.
—— In 1 his cit>, on Sunday la ft, after a flioif,
but levere illness, uniyerlally lamented, Mrs.
Mary Lear, the amiable and accomplifiied
wife of Tobias Lear, Esq. Secretary to the
Piefident of the United States, and on Monday
her funeral was attended by a train ot unaffe&ed
piouiners, to Chnft ChuTch bui ying-groundj
when her were interred.
Youth, Beauty, Virtue, Lovtlinefi and Grace,
In vain would footle '* the dull cold ear oj Death.**
—— At Mallow (England) Mil's "Whitby :
A gentleman, in a playful mood, drew a chair
from und*r her, as (he was going to (it down,
which otcafioned her to fall ; by this acci
dent her back was broken, and she died in
twenty-four hou's after.
SHIP NEWS.
ARRIVEDatIhi PORT oj PHILADELPHIA.
Ship Wamfagron, Syfveftcr, Wilmington
Bng Triton, Ridgway, Tortuga
Polly, Folker, Rochelie
Sukey, Parry, Rhode-J{].md
Schr, Expci iineut, ——Alexandria
Belley, Bradley, Virginia
Betky, Lambeth, do.
Polly, Keenr, Charleftou
Weymouth, Stephen*, New-York
'loop Rofc, WaiTon, New-York
Lucy, Bird,
Rainbow, MacVty, Cap£-Fiai«qif i
lildurtry, Can,- VrfgijMj^,
P-wky i
Eliza, Talttr, . Si. C\<isLa
iVicno'Siir, Chad wick, N. Caro|i^4
tlrc-ty, Ci«n, KkoA»-I<ta*Jl _
livrtj?" IWnkW, ~ Ktw-itMteliS^
■ &pu Nlfstifaof*i*4e« : p Biinb+Wifo(otmtf
bub* fyl<Aty* oo lit* ii.it
if Jlily, wilb ,43, Oil 17th hit
eU ig bound T»m*ic» 4«*t
>f 140 faili ioA on iftc i 1 ft vfM ni>trß<d by-
Capfc o*h»i:i**, »X I guß>, !
Irani )»maio*}HJlr«4-t» bf W* lol ®
lyg Macks)-;* pass; njprs ot about ,
*p;;»rek (fat »(»ncn.t.
fyit-d \fii- fpooiM in tWWwif:.
lt ! # *
•' ar&ftß t.he ,prfo» fenflr jafK,.
•£tnft?Sl§r»», twllfi) hog&fVdj ohrupi.
-Taly, fcupd
W i»k»" hJ% fitey
tact, nffCapc {jcM?*
fRBS«OF SHOCKS.
\v V. ,0 /.- : '
'*'"■■'•■ "•/ L- i, "
,| pa ccfiu m*.
6 per Ctr.ts,
3 ni'iC lits,
LKUrred,
lull thai a Bank U. S.
do.